Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 12 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 257–135 | 65.6 | 15 | 1886 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 58–24 | 70.7 | 4 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 48–14 | 77.4 | 4 | ||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Oriss Genesis | 7 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Control | 11 | 18–11 | 62.1 | |||
| Stax | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 26–12 | 68.4 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Thopter-Sword | 7 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 54 | 121–65 | 65.1 | 6 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 7 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Blink | 27 | 71–30 | 70.3 | 6 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 26 | 71–28 | 71.7 | 6 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
Cards Played First
- Arcbound Ravager
- Blink of an Eye
- Champion of Wits
- Darksteel Colossus
- Forever Young
- Fumigate
- Glacial Fortress
- Glint Hawk
- Graven Cairns
- Ivory Mask
- Leaden Fists
- Legion's Initiative
- Mirror Entity
- Neutralize
- Pteramander
- Rally for the Throne
- Restoration Angel
- Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
- Shatter the Sky
- Staggering Insight
- Steel Leaf Champion
- Sunken Ruins
- Swarm Guildmage
- Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider